EHRs
It’s an exciting time in healthcare as artificial intelligence has moved from concept to capability, offering new ways to reduce…
Epic’s reach continued to widen in August, with new AI tools, health IT staffing services and interoperability features arriving alongside an FTC antitrust probe and developments in its legal fight over patient data. Here are eight Epic updates Becker’s has…
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has moved about 70,000 users onto Epic as it pushes toward the next phase of its $1.2 billion enterprise EHR overhaul, COO Kevin Beiner told Becker’s. Northwell will bring its next wave of hospitals…
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is not requiring hospitals to join its overhauled emergency room injury-reporting system, despite internal guidance that told hospitals otherwise, Nextgov/FCW reported Aug. 24. The program, called NEISS-R, would expand CPSC’s injury surveillance sample from roughly…
For four health systems, managing Epic means something closer to an ongoing relationship than a software contract — regular executive meetings, direct developer access, and, at times, weekend-long emergency support. That closeness matters because of Epic’s scale: the company accounts for 43.7%…
Kaleida Health’s transition to Epic’s EHR system cost the Buffalo, N.Y.-based health system $170 million and contributed to a $21.1 million operating deficit in the second quarter of 2026, a spokesperson for the organization confirmed to Becker’s. The Epic platform…
Oracle Health has expanded its Clinical AI Agent with new capabilities for automated coding, clinician dictation and chart review. The Clinical AI Agent now automates professional fee coding for ambulatory workflows by analyzing conversations during patient visits and suggesting charge…
Epic President and CEO Judy Faulkner used her Aug. 18 UGM executive address to unveil a wave of Cosmos-powered AI tools, new smaller-organization product tiers, rural health expansions and a cybersecurity update disclosing the company’s use of Anthropic’s most restricted…
ONC is requesting public comment on a new three-year data collection tied to the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement. The agency wants generic clearance to gather routine customer feedback on service delivery and program performance tied to TEFCA, according…
Epic launched real-time prior authorization checks for clinicians at four health systems, using a new industry-standard application programming interface called Coverage Requirements Discovery. Ochsner Health in New Orleans, Froedtert ThedaCare Health in Menomonee Falls, Wis., Denver Health and Summit Health…
EHR vendors have seen a wave of significant leadership changes in recent years, most recently a string of executive departures at Epic. Health system CIOs say none of it is likely to change how they run their organizations day to…